The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-08-04
MINNESOTA NEWS;

killed in q runaway accident.
8. NJ. Onstine, proprietor .oi tie Chat
field Bank, sustained severe injuries b.
falling from q window.
The German Library Association o
Rochester, filed articles OF incorpora
ton in the office OF secretary OF state.
The people OF Duluth believe that tn,
| new steamers to be fnrnished by Mr.. Hill
will lie the means of bringing moro whoa,
To that city.
The Winona & Southwestern Railway
company has engaged John Williams. thu
Burlington engineer, who will start out tl
locate the line as soon 40 he can secure {
corps OF assistants.
The towns ofRoscoe and Goodhue, Good
hue county. voted against the question 81
giving $4,000 each to the Duluth, Red
Wing & Southern railroad. A movement
is on,foot in both towns to raise the ~
quired amount by private subscription IN
order to secure the road: ~
A fro broke out in tho fifth story of Bur:
bank 4 Co.'S wholesale clothing house at
St. Paul recently. The stock was
damaged to tho amount OF 500. 900: The
Minnesota spice company suffered to the
tune OF $50, 900. The damage ON the
building owned by by P. H: Kelly, brings
tho total loss UP to the aum of $146, 900.
At Hastings. Albert Roman attacked
Nicholas Wagner, stabbius him several
seriously injured. Roman is In jail. ~
hotel to Capt. Charles G.: Ubellar of
Chicago. Possession is given Immediately,
and the sale includes furniture and nix.
lures. Price, $4,000. go
The crops OF Redwood county are look
ing we'll. There will be an average yield of
wheat, oats and barley.
The city controller of Minneapolis, is Of
the opinion that the present number of l..
cense issued, In 1872, will be increased to
about 200. II the number happens to
reach 200 then there will be 1874 fewer ga
looms than were licensed last year.
Fred Ivett was brushed beneath an en-
ginc in the yards at Duluth and instantly
killed. si5-
At special meeting OF the chamber OF
commerce OF Minneapolis w. D. Washburn,
James Marshall, G. H. Christian. William
Petit and E., Zeidler wero appointed a
tions and invited President Cleveland to
visit Minneapolis while on his Western
trip.
Two bold highway robberies occurred in
tho vicinity of Twenty second street and
Third avenue south, Minneapolis, last Fri.
day night, the 22nd inst. ..
At Winona, Ignatz Lonskis house was
burned. Loss, $500; insurance, $276.
In a report on tho mineral springs OF
the country, the scientists connected with
mention OF Minnesota: The mineral
springs OF Minnesota are only beginning
to attract attention. As yet only two
are utilized to any considerable extent
as resorts, and tho water OF only
one is found on sale. Two salt wells
have been developed in the extreme north
western part of tie state. Bgstone lake
has also been included, as tho analysis
shows that the water contains large
amount OF sulphates and considerable sill
lieu. There are in Minnesota twenty seven
spring localities, containing thirty.nine in
dividual springs, of which number seven
have been analysed. The water OF one 10
used commercially.
In the complaint OF r. D. Baldwin ( Co.
Of Detroit, which was heard last Do
cember by the State railroad commits
sion, against the Northern Pacific Railway
company for charging lumber rates for tho
shipment of ties over its road, tho COM
mission made n decision in favor OF the
complaintants, and ordered tho road to
resume the old rates, which were ~ cents
por tic.
The new St. Paul e. Duluth shops havo
been located at Gladstone:
Sept. . and 10 have been fixed az the
dates OF tho Crow Wing county fair.
Chinch bugs have played havoc in Now
or county.
r. ]. Mcguire. Il newspaper man well
known in the state. died at Duluth.
Tho capitol building at St. Paul is soon
to be lighted with electricity.
At st. james. burglars broke into L. Vel
tum's hardware store, taking $50 worth
OF pocket knives, IS in money and $500
worth OF duo bills.
The summer assembly at Mahtomedi,
White Bear lake, opened under favorable
auspices. with DIR. Vincent at the head.
Mr.. Peavy thinks 100000 bushels of
wheat may .bo saved from the elevator
ruins at Minneapolis.
A telegram was received at St. Paul from
Chicago announcing the arrest at that
place Of i. F. Blu .h, who is said to have
abscondcd with between $500 and 81 900
belonging to the St. Paul Harvester works
wh;le acting as travelling agent for the
company.
Bishop Ireland confirmed 1873 persons
at Clonturf, Swift county Sunday the 18th
inst. The following day he confirmed
thirty fivo at Benson. He also visited the
Industrial school at ContarI and confirm
ed forty-iour boys, Indians and half
breeds.
George Killer started to go from Hastings
to his homo in Newport. The horses be-
coming scared, ran away. Killer was
thrown against q barbed wiro fence, cutting
Il laUc Ia 70 D., Il
for treatment.
Henry Leitens, near Hutchinson, was
run over by a reaper and badly injured.
); Martz: one OF the prominent citizens
OF Leroy, died few days ago.
At Winona, q young man from Ephraim,
near Green Bay, Wis, WIS robbed by
sneak thieves.
The wife of DR.. NJ. v. Hunt of Waseca
died very suddenly.
Mrs. Mary Dofiing, an old resident of
New Tricr, died, aged sixty seven years.
The secretary of state has received the
general laws OF tho last session of the leg
islature. They arc in pam phlct form,
and the pages OF the book number 500.
The city treasury at Minneapolis contains
1896, 600 which came from the 1876 liquor
licenses issued up to s o'clock Saturday
evening the 23d inst. The city controller
and license inspector calculated on total
of at least 205 licenses.
Winona is troubled with sneak thieves
and pickpockets.
Tho house and barn OF Charles Bateman
of Silver Creek, Wright Co., was burned.
Loss, $4,000; no insurance.
Monroe Shiero, one Of tho old residents
and widely known citizens OF St. Paul,
died ut White Bear Lake. His death was
due to consumption, from which he
had beeu sufferer for years. He
leaves a wife and six Oh ildron. Mr.. Shiere
was born May II, 1891, at Lexington.
Green county. N. Y. He was n self-edu-
Gated man. and studied architecture 1T
Detroit, Mich. He cumeto St. Paul in the
winter of 1S6O-G1, and in 1862 was n
member OF the firm oil Leonard & Shiere,
architects. uo was tho architect and de-
signer OF q number of well known public
and private edifices. He was prominent
in secret society circles and occu pied many
high positions.
The Lochiel Iron company, capital stock
$l.OOO,OOO, was incorporated Ivy the